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We're pleased to report that on Friday we donated our perishable foods to local food-banks, as well as more than 70 Easter eggs collected by staff. We also donated ยฃ3,000 worth of hand sanitiser to one of our local social care partners. ๐โค๏ธ
The College has continued to support our communities & the NHS. This culminated in us handing over 28,000 items of PPE to
@NHSGGC
. โThanks to all involved in identifying, sourcing, collecting & delivering this equipment.
๐๐๐
@ScotFundCouncil
@scotgov
@CollegesScot
We won!! So delighted to be named winners in the Diversity in Education category for the work of our Digital Strategy group ๐ well done to all the deserving finalists
@AbertayUni
@SmartSTEMs
@StirUni
We had an incredible time at our Paisley Graduations yesterday! ๐
Huge well done to everyone who graduated and a special thank you to our Fellows, Brendan Moon, Jim Hannigan and local Paisley star
@PaoloNutini
for making the day extra special! ๐
#WestGrad23
COLLEGE TO REMAIN CLOSED TOMORROW 2 MARCH - All campuses will stay closed tomorrow, because of the continuing adverse weather conditions, transport difficulties and as some roads into our campus are still tricky. We're working hard to make sure all is OK for Monday. Stay safe!
Huge Congratulations to
@RossMurdoch_
one of our College Alumnus who scooped Bronze in the 200m Breaststroke Final
@birminghamcg22
tonight! What a race Ross! ๐โโ๏ธ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
West College Scotland is delighted to announce that our former Principal Audrey Cumberford has been appointed MBE for services to further education and the community in the West of Scotland.
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**FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING SUSPENDED BY FRIDAY**
Following the announcements by the UK and Scottish Governments, WCS will be suspending all face-to face teaching by Friday 20 March.
Please visit: for further info.
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**CAMPUSES CLOSURE EXTENDED TO TOMORROW** We've taken the decision to close all campuses today, Wednesday 28 Feb, and tomorrow Thursday 1 March to all staff and students. We will continue to monitor the situation and any updates will be shared on our social media and website.
We won!!! Delighted to achieve this recognition with
@ACWhyteLtd
- a fantastic example of business partnership to benefit the industry, college and community
#heraldheds
We would like to wish a huge congratulations to former student
@sagar_massey1
for reaching the final 3 of
#MasterChefTheProfessionals
๐
You've shown such passion, skill and determination throughout the competition and we canโt wait to see what your future holds!
This is the amazing scene from the Training Dining Room in our Greenock campus. Cunardโs mighty Queen Elizabeth is berthed having sailed in this morning from Iceland. Leaves for Dublin later. What a view!โ
It's a bright and beautiful day for our graduations at Paisley Abbey today. Stick with us on Twitter and Instagram for live coverage ๐ฑ๐
#wcsgraduation
#theychosewcs
Paisley's got talent: look at the amazing picture of last night's super moon taken by
#Paisley
campus HNC Photography Student Alastair Hendrie. Let us be over the moon, make Paisley
#CityofCulture2021
@Paisley2021
@DCMS
We won! ๐๐ผ๐ฅณ
Huge congratulations to our amazing Wellbeing team on scooping the
@InverChamber
2022 Icon award for Health & Wellbeing ๐๐ปโค๏ธ
The
@Paisley2021
bid has been brilliant for our town...raising our profile, changing perceptions and bringing people together โ letโs be proud of what weโve achieved so far and continue on our journey!
๐ข We've published the findings of the
#WestScotSkills
Survey.
๐ฌ231 orgs, employing more than 65,000 people, responded. They've told us about the challenges they face and their future priorities.
๐To find out more about Our Workforce, Our Future visit:
Ferguson Marine are currently recruiting for Welding, Fabrication and Technical Support Apprentices. The successful candidates will compete their SVQ at our Greenock campus state-of-the-art facilities. Register your interest via apprenticeships
@fergusonmarine
.com
Our team have arrived at the Herald Higher Education Awards 2023.
Weโre delighted to be nominated for 3 awards. ๐๐ผ
Good luck to all the nominees ๐ค๐ป
#WeAreWest
#HeraldHeds
@NewsquestEvents
Our HNC & HND Childhood Practices Classes were pleased to welcome the Minister for Children and Young People,
@MareeToddMSP
, to the Clydebank Campus to speak to the students and answer their questions.
Mrs Todd outlined the government's vision for careers in the sector.
It happened in
#Paisley
just a few weeks ago: 400+ pupils using the latest technology to celebrate our architectural heritage while at the same time breaking a world record! We want it, we need it and we can deliver a fantastic year in 2021
#CityofCulture2021
@Paisley2021
@DCMS
Well done to our
#Ferguslie
Gardening group who have been working on the
@Glencoats_PS
#community
Garden over the last 10 months. The school had their had their official opening last week and invited the students over to thank them. What a fabulous job they've done!
#paisley
We asked our staff to show us what their new home working space looks like. We were very impressed with this outdoor office by Ryan Horn, CQL Motor Vehicle at Greenock. This unique space boasts tea making facilities, heat, fresh air and peace and quiet. Well done Ryan!
At West College we're passionate about sport and equipping people for careers in the sporting sector. That's why we're proud to sponsor awards for outstanding athletes like
@HibernianWomen
&
@ScotlandNT
's
@Amy_muirr
.
The West College Scotland community is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. On behalf of our students and staff our Principal Liz Connolly sends her heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family at this very difficult time.
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
We won ๐๐ผ
#CollegeAwards
Congratulations to our amazing team at our Ferguslie Learning Centre who scooped the College Community Learning Award at tonightโs
@ColDevNet
awards ๐๐ป
We were delighted to welcome Minister for Further Education, Higher Education & Science
@RichardLochhead
to our Paisley Campus today. The Minister chatted Construction with our Roofing Apprentices and oversaw the signing of our
@WCSSTUDENT
joint Mental Health Strategy
Delighted to host
@JamieHepburn
the Minister for Further Education and local MSP
@StuMillanSNP
at our Greenock campus yesterday to showcase the College's current and proposed skills provision, vital to ensuring the viability of local businesses and post-Covid19 economic recovery.
Ferguson Marine are recruiting 15 new Apprentices for their 2022 cohort starting August.
Apprenticeships include Fabrication/Welding, Mechanical Fitter and Technical.
To find out more or apply email apprenticeships
@fergusmarine
.com
Applications close Friday June
We won!! ๐๐ฝ
#HeraldHEDS
๐Outstanding Business Engagement in Colleges for our
@JamesFrewLtd
Academy
๐ Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award for our YES Programme
Well done to all tonightโs winners and finalists!
All WCS campuses are open tomorrow. The College continues to follow the advice of the government & Health Protection Scotland, concerning the spread of the Coronavirus. If there are any changes to these arrangements, we will update our social media platforms & website. Thank you.
100 years ago today one of the greatest warships ever built was launched into the Clyde from John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank. Today, representatives from the
@HMS_HoodUK
and
@RoyalNavy
gathered at our Clydebank campus - which stands on the old slipway - to mark the centenary.
**WEATHER UPDATE - ALL CAMPUSES** We've taken the decision to close all campuses today, Wednesday 28 Feb to all staff and students. We will continue to monitor the situation throughout today and any updates will be shared on our social media and website.
Yes, it's freezing cold but it's also frosty beautiful! Take a look at the stunning pictures taken this morning at
#Erskine
by Lesley Adams, NC Photography Student at our
#Paisley
Campus!
Jack McLintock a Support Worker from Johnstone chose to study HNC Social Services to help develop his career. Now with a qualification behind him heโs ready to take those next steps. APPLY NOW to our Clydebank or Paisley campus. Visit for more info!
We are delighted to announce that we WON the Marketing &
Communications Award. This award recognises outstanding marketing communications activity!
#cdn
#collegeawards
We are thrilled to announce that the College scooped 4
#awards
at the CDN Marketing Awards last night, which was hosted at the
@drygate
! It's a key event in the sectorโs calendar designed to honour the staff that help to communicate the work colleges do :-)
We're delighted to have been able to open the first of our campus โGreen Roomโ eco-larders before Christmas โ ensuring our students and staff have access to food, toiletries and warm clothing this winter.
Huge thanks to the Inverclyde Food Network for their help and generosity.
@WestCollScot
CQL for Sport, David Gemmell presented Gary Forbes with the 'Team of the Year' award, collected on behalf of Morton Women's Senior Football Team. Congratulations ladies ๐
Graduation season has begun! ๐
We were delighted to celebrate our first set of graduates at the Clydebank ceremony last night. Huge congratulations to everyone who graduated ๐๐ป๐ฅ
Weโre so excited for the next ceremonies in Paisley and Greenock!
#WeAreWest
#WestGrad23
West College Scotland is 10! ๐ฅณ๐
Great to see our staff getting together this week at each of our 3 campuses to celebrate our big anniversary!
Our dedicated staff make our fantastic college community what it is today ๐๐ป
Hereโs to the next 10 years!
#WeAreWest
We would like to wish a huge congratulations to our Senior Librarian
@JoyDMcLean
for being a
@Jisc
2023 Community Champion!
A great achievement and very well deserved ๐๐
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At WCS we are lucky enough to have some amazing views including some gorgeous scenery on the Clyde ๐ we love to see the boats passing by our Greenock & Clydebank campuses! ๐ขโ๏ธYour turn...
@SLCek
#WhatsYourView
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Woo hoo!! Weโve won the Employer Connections Award! This award recognises creative approaches that WCS has taken to enhance active and effective engagement activity! Weโre delighted to have won this award!
What an incredible night at our Greenock Graduation ceremony! ๐
Huge congratulations to everyone who graduated, we all wish you the best of luck for the future! โจ
#WestGrad23
Excited for tonight's
@HeraldEvents
& GenAnalytics Diversity Awards! We are shortlisted in two categories - Diversity in Education and Diversity in the Public Sector. Good luck to all our fellow finalists! ๐ค
โจSupporting careers in STEM โจ
We are proud to partner with
@DSM
on our schools project to develop STEM pathways for young people. Well done to the pupils involved on gaining their
@SSERCofficial
accredited Safety in Microbiology ๐
Read more:
A collaboration between WCS &
@EastRenCouncil
has allowed Graeme & Paul to study on HNC Childcare on part-time basis. With the aim of creating a diverse workforce offering the highest quality of care & redressing the gender imbalance read their story
Well done to our NQ Business with Financial Services Students who did a Fundraising Enterprise Activity in March. The class raised just over ยฃ100 in 2 hours (isnโt that amazing?!),for the
@GCH_Charity
. Visit our website & search โFinanceโ to apply for 2020.
#whatsyour2020vision
Well done to Greenock Student & James Patersons & Son apprentice Ritchie McArthur on being awarded
@SNIPEFnews
Plumbing Apprentice of the Year. The College is set to build on their partnership with James Paterson & Sons by launching a Skills Academy this Jan โ watch this space!
Did you know students at our Greenock campus are amongst the first in Scotland to undertake a new Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) Cyber Security qual? To mark Cyber Scotland Week, the
@sqanews
has developed a short film with WCS -watch it here:
Speaking of our Women into STEM Project
@YE_Scotland
's Morven McColl said, "I was so impressed by the levels of dedication, creativity and enthusiasm shown. Who better to influence girls interested in STEM than their peers?!โ Happy International Women into Engineering Day 2022!๐คฉ
We were delighted to welcome
@JohnSwinney
&
@StuMcMillanSNP
to the Greenock campus today to meet our
@InverRacers
who told them about their upcoming international final at Silverstone.
Today saw the official opening of the Paisley campus Green Fingers Garden. After receiving funding from the Grow Wild Project, the garden was built and cultivated by the Learner Development students who developed the area on a brownfield site of a demolished building. :)
Ferguson Marine are recruiting 15 new Apprentices for their 2022 cohort starting August.
Apprenticeships include Fabrication/Welding, Mechanical Fitter and Technical.
To find out more or apply email apprenticeships
@fergusmarine
.com
Applications close Friday June
๐ธ We were delighted to welcome the Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy,
@PaulWheelhouse
MSP, today to launch the College Innovation Fund - a fantastic initiative for colleges and employers.
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Liz Connolly, Principal & Chief Executive of West College Scotland comments on the
#CLReport
recommendations:
'The college sector has a key role in supporting employers and delivering inclusive economic growth & now is the ideal time to further strengthen those relationships.'
.
@ACumberford1
highlights the key recommendations in the report โOur priority is two-fold. Itโs lifetime learning & business support...โ We want supporting business growth to be collegesโ cornerstone.
#CLReport
Congratulations to our Introduction to Cabin Crew students who celebrated the completion of their Cabin Crew unit with an awards ceremony last week. โ๐
#Travel
#tourism
#cabincrew
Please welcome Sport & Fitness Lecturer Andrew Hilton for this weekโs Half Marathon Monster!
Walk, run, jog, crawl, hop or roll the equivalent of a half marathon (13.1miles/21km) from Mon-Fri & share your efforts by tagging
@WcsSport
Apply for Sport:
It was celebrations all round for our Clydebank student Jamie Cairns who was showing off his Bronze medal in campus fresh from his recent success at the Special Olympics Sailing event in Abu Dhabi!
Well Done Jamie from everyone at WCS!
What a night at the Herald Education Awards! We were delighted to win Outstanding Business Engagement in Colleges Award for the
@ACWhyteLtd
Skills Academy as well as being shortlisted for 2 other awards. Well done Team WCS!
#awards
#heraldheds
#education
#academy
#skills
Full-time applications OPEN Tuesday 14 January! Make 2020 the year you do something your future self would be proud of.
#your2020vision
#makeyourselfproud
Apprentice Pamela Duffy is leading the way for females in Electrical Engineering not only excelling at her studies but winning Apprentice of the Year - read her story and how you can follow in her footsteps:
#WomenInSTEM
#SySTEMChange
Well done to our Clydebank Hairdressing, Beauty and Makeup Artistry team who organised a fabulous Festive Fayre in aid of Cancer Research UK. An amazing ยฃ370 was raised which will be added to their fundraising total for the year of an incredible ยฃ1485.45! ๐ โค๏ธ๐
Our amazing ESOL Plus Care Group have raised over ยฃ800 for
@GCH_Charity
as part of their Working with Others Project. Well done on supporting this fantastic cause ๐๐๐
We are delighted to be shortlisted for
@HeraldEvents
Higher Education Awards in the Supporting Student Wellbeing category. Can't wait for the virtual ceremony next month. Congrats to everyone who has been shortlisted!
Fantastic to see so many organisations at the Care Services in Inverclyde event today at our Greenock Waterfront Campus.
A great opportunity for students to connect with local care providers and support services, many thanks to everyone for attending.
The
#YPGuarantee
was launched in November to protect young people from the economic impact of COVID-19.
To support this, the College is creating a range of short duration Skills Boost courses to allow young people to upskill for specific industry sectors